Vorticity Showing Internal Wave Beams Generated by Tidal Flow (IMAGE)

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Vorticity Showing Internal Wave Beams Generated by Tidal Flow

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Vorticity (ω) showing internal wave beams generated by tidal flow over (a) supercritical (φ > θ), (b) critical (φ = θ), and (c) subcritical (φ < θ) continental shelf slopes. The beams are denoted by the black and magenta arrows emitted from different energy sources (black and magenta points).

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Shuqun Cai, Chinese Academy of Sciences

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